Character Animator Puppet not body tracking legs

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October 17, 2023
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Hey fellow creators,

I have a puppet that responds to body tracking for my upper body but, for some reason, will not react to my lower body at all. Not even waist and hip movement is fluid enough. I am able to drag the legs, and I have successfully added a walking animation via arrow key triggers. However, when I calibrate and attempt to lift my legs, the puppet does not respond. I have deleted and re-added so many bones and handles. I ensured hip, heel, toe, and ankle tags were indeed tagged. I have changed gravity settings, pin settings, and introduced limb IK and nothing seems to solve the issue. Attached are screenshots of the puppet rig and the Photoshop layers.

I am so close to closing out this project, if anyone has any ideas other than restarting with a different puppet template, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you all for taking the time to read and help.

Have a wonderful day,

Autumnatic Media

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TheOriginalGC

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I see a head layer, but no body layer.

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AutumnaticAuthor

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So do you mean the "torso" and "left quarter" do not have the correct rigging? Because that is the only body structure that came with the puppet template and within both of those layers are torso, pelvis, both hips, arms etc. Is that incorrect?

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AutumnaticAuthor

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Okay great thank you so much. I will try that, It's possible I may have moved something outside of the original nested layer.

Good evening, I apologize for not responding sooner with this, work has been kicking my butt. I just wanted to say thank you again for everyone's time and input. I was not able to solve the issue even after downloading the original puppet and making sure all my bones were still correct. Is it possible that some puppets do not body track even if you can drag the lower half? At this point I have no idea what to do, if anyone has suggestions as to a third party or someone who can physically work on this file, I would greatly appreciate it. Otherwise, I have no other ideas on how to get the lower body reacting.

kglad

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in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

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